Cyber Security Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements

• Experience with Google SecOps
• Experience with CrowdStrike
• Experience with Darktrace
• Experience in Detection Engineering, including rule creation, tuning, and optimisation
• Experience in enterprise Security Operations and incident investigation
• Experience in SIEM administration and security platform management
• Experience improving detection coverage in complex enterprise environments
• Exposure to security automation and SOAR is advantageous
• Exposure to AI-driven Security Operations or Agentic AI is advantageous
• Exposure to Threat Intelligence integration is advantageous
• Exposure to Telemetry Engineering is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Own and administer Google SecOps, CrowdStrike, and Darktrace
• Design, create, and optimise detection rules to improve alert quality and reduce false positives
• Increase detection coverage through MITRE ATT&CK mapping and continuous engineering improvements
• Review platform health, telemetry, and security tooling integrations
• Assess investigations completed by our outsourced security provider and provide technical assurance where required
• Identify detection gaps through incident reviews and trend analysis
• Drive improvements across Detection Engineering, telemetry, SIEM, and Security Operations processes
• Develop automation opportunities and support AI-assisted investigations and remediation
• Collaborate with Security Engineering, Architecture, and Cyber Defence teams to enhance our security posture

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• Security

More

We are a large-scale organisation investing significantly in our cyber security capability and shaping the future of enterprise cyber defence. This is a collaborative, technically mature Security Operations environment where you will sit at the centre of Security Operations, Detection Engineering, and Security Platform Engineering. We offer remote-first working, standard office hours, no shift work, and no on-call commitments, with the opportunity to make a lasting impact across an enterprise environment processing millions of security events each month. The role is based in Leeds or London and offers a salary of £45,000 to £65,000.

last updated 30 week of 2026